CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio made national news this week when an Ohio House committee heard bizarre testimony about debunked vaccines theories. But beyond the spectacle is a bill in the legislature that medical experts and business groups say will jeopardize public health. We’re discussing the bill and its chances of passage on This Week in the CLE. Listen online here. Editor Chris Quinn hosts our .
State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan says the time to act has arrived on removing former House Speaker Larry Householder from the Ohio House of Representatives.
COLUMBUS, Ohio A top Republican lawmaker is seeking to remove the Franklin County prosecutor’s exclusive authority to try Ohio public corruption cases, just months after a Democrat was elected to the position for the first time in nearly 60 years. An amendment, slipped Tuesday into House Bill 286 by the House Civil Justice Committee, would allow lawmakers, candidates, and political groups .
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Congress needs to act so people in poverty can have housing stability
The data presented supports two key priorities the Biden administration has highlighted in the proposed economic recovery package that will ensure a “safe and steady roof overhead,” the expansion of rental assistance to all eligible renters, also noted as universal housing (only one in four eligible receives this assistance now) and the permanent inclusion of two of our most effective tools at reducing poverty, the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, which at this time are only proposed for one year.